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Maine-native folk-rocker Howie Day visits the Avalon Ballroom on tour in support of his second full-length album Stop All The World Now (Epic) and single “Perfect Time of Day.” Day for the first time replaces his on-the-fly loops and effects pedals with a full backing band on this tour. Expect an energetic audience, as Boston is Day’s second home and a major fanbase — the packaging of his Boston Music Award-winning debut album Australia even features a photo of his pre-major label...
JOHNNY CASH His was not the rocker's shriek but the dark, deep voice of a man counting out his demons and his losses with the stoicism of a poker player dealt a bum hand. A look at his legacy...
...solid marriage doesn't guarantee career longevity, but Cash managed both. "We had more than one discussion about the ageism of country and rock," says rocker Tom Petty, who recorded and toured with Cash. "When something's gone past that demographic of appealing to people in their 20s, they don't think it's good anymore. Yet here was the perfect case of a guy who was growing older and his music was growing with him." It was Cash who took Bob Dylan to Music City to make the 1969 Nashville Skyline. Later, he guested on songs with Ray Charles...
...film Velvet Goldmine, the ex-wife of a '70s glam rocker declares "how essential dreaming is to the character of the rock star." In 2003 the dream seems more easily realized than ever. Today fame feels within almost anyone's reach, thanks to TV talent shows like American Idol and new digital recording technologies, which allow the humblest garage band to own a home music studio...
...Mass was good. Nothing more can be said about this segment of the voyage. It was wholesome, rife with folk songs as well as Westernized neo-Christian rock. The Pope drove around for a good while in the Popemobile; and by hook or by crook, each Catholic punk rocker willing to use his or her elbows was able to see him close-up, in the flesh: Ivana Pavla Deuce...